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The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is a
government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." ЭнциклоР...
of the Republic of Liberia. From 2006 to 2015 the Health Minister was Dr.
Walter Gwenigale Walter T. Gwenigale ( 1935April 22, 2022) was a Liberian politician who became Minister of Health and Social Welfare in the Cabinet of Liberia in 2006. Gwenigale was born in the Central Province, which later became known as Bong County. He complet ...
. , the ministry was engaged in a major public health campaign to control the
Ebola virus epidemic Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becom ...
in Liberia. In June 2015
Bernice Dahn Bernice Dahn (born 1965), is the former Minister of Health in the Republic of Liberia, heading the country's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Dahn replaced Walter Gwenigale in June 2015 after a contentious confirmation process. She previously ...
became the Health Minister. In February 2018 President George Weah appointed
Wilhelmina Jallah Wilhelmina Jallah is a Liberian physician and politician. She is Minister for Health in Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leo ...
as Health Minister.


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Health in Liberia Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Civil wars have killed around 250,000 people and displaced many more. The wars ended in 2003 but destroyed most of the country's healthcare facilities. Recovery precedes proceeds, but the major ...
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List of health departments and ministries Most executive governments in the world are divided into departments or ministries. In most such cases, there is a department or ministry responsible for health. A * Ministry of Public Health (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Health and Social Prot ...


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Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
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